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02/26/2007 - Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brad Richards had a goal and three assists as Tampa Bay continued its dominance over Pittsburgh with a 5-1 victory at St. Pete Times Forum.
Martin St. Louis posted a goal and an assist while Ruslan Fedotenko and Eric Perrin each finished with two assists for the Lightning, who have won 12 straight against the Penguins and six in a row on home ice.
Paul Ranger, Filip Kuba and Vincent Lecavalier also scored and Johan Holmqvist needed to make just 17 saves for head coach John Tortorella's 200th win with Tampa Bay.
Sergei Gonchar tallied the lone score and Jocelyn Thibault gave up three goals on 15 shots beforing getting pulled early in the second period for Pittsburgh, which has dropped two of its last three contests after a six-game winning streak.
The Lightning got off to a fast start, as St. Louis registered a power play tally 2:17 into the opening period and Ranger scored less than two minutes later to make it 2-0.
Kuba then handed Tampa Bay a three-goal advantage early in the second period before Pittsburgh took advantage of a 5-on-3 power play to finally get on the board on Gonchar's tally at the 8:26 mark.
However, Richards restored Tampa Bay's three-goal lead just 1:31 into the third period, scoring off a nice give-and-go with Perrin. Lecavalier then put the finishing touches on the game with a short-handed goal with 5:44 left to play.
Things got testy after the final horn sounded as Pittsburgh's Maxime Talbot and Tampa Bay's Nick Tarnasky exchanged fisticuffs as the officials intervened.
Game Notes
St. Louis tied a career-high with 38 goals for the year, while Lecavalier's goal gave him 41 for the season, one score away from tying the Lightning franchise record...Pittsburgh went 1-for-4 on the power play...Tampa Bay went 1-for-2 with the man-advantage.
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St. Paul, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pierre-Marc Bouchard had a goal and an assist
as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Edmonton Oilers, 4-1, at Xcel Energy
Center.
Todd White, Brent Burns and Marian Gaborik each tallied markers for the Wi
<< Ohio State nips top-ranked Wisconsin; takes Big Ten title
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Conley Jr. hit a shot while leaning in
the lane with 3.9 seconds remaining and Ron Lewis rejected Kammron Taylor's
jumper at the buzzer, as No. 2 Ohio State won the Big Ten regular season title
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<< Garnett leads 'Wolves over Wizards
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kevin Garnett scored 26 points and grabbed
17 rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves downed the Washington Wizards,
98-94, at the Target Center.
Ricky Davis deposited 27 points for the Timberwolves,
<< Duke women top UNC to stay unbeaten
Durham, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alison Bales scored 16 points and pulled down 12
rebounds, as top-ranked Duke completed the first perfect regular season in
Atlantic Coast Conference history with a 67-62 triumph over No. 4 North
Carolin
Predators blow lead but top Blue Jackets in shootout >>
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alexander Radulov scored the lone shootout
tally, as Nashville coughed up a two-goal lead in the third period but was
able to salvage a 4-3 win over Columbus at Nationwide Arena.
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Lakers continue domination of Warriors >>
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Maurice Evans poured in a career-high 26 points
and Kobe Bryant also had 26 to power the Lakers to a 102-85 rout of the Golden
State Warriors.
Brian Cook ended with 11 points for Los Angeles, which has won t
Stoudemire leads Suns over Hawks >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Amare Stoudemire poured in a season-high 43
points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns over the Atlanta
Hawks, 115-106, at Philips Arena.
"It feels good," said Stoudemire. "The main th
Shaq picks up slack in Heat's win over Cavs >>
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Shaquille O'Neal picked up the slack in Dwyane
Wade's absence, scoring 19 points and pulling down 11 rebounds to lead Miami
past Cleveland, 86-81, at AmericanAirlines Arena.
Jason Kapono also posted a doub
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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